Óscar Arnulfo Romero: The father who preached faith with revolution and socialism (+assassination)

On March 24, 1980, a shot fired by a sniper from a car with a red bonnet struck the heart of Óscar Arnulfo Romero and Galdámez, known as Monsignor Romero, was a Salvadoran Catholic priest, the fourth metropolitan archbishop of San Salvador, famous for his preaching in defense of human rights.

He was born in Ciudad Barrios (San Miguel) on August 15, 1917. He was the second of 8 siblings from a modest family. His admission to the Minor Seminary of San Miguel took place in 1931.

In 1937, Oscar entered the San José de la Montaña Major Seminary in San Salvador. Seven months later he was sent to Rome to continue his theological studies. He was ordained priest on April 4, 194.

The position of Oscar Romero, increasingly “dangerously” committed to the people, began to be known and valued in the international context: on February 14, 1978, he was named Doctor Honoris Causa by Georgetown University (USA); in 1979 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and in February 1980 he was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Leuven (Belgium). On that trip to Europe, he visited John Paul II at the Vatican and conveyed his concern at the terrible situation his country was experiencing.

Today, 45 years after his assassination, the Peoples of Latin America remember him as an example in defense of the social rights and justice of the poor.

Mazo News Team